The recent East Coast experience has shown that the state could successfully take over all lines again

Ann Cohen, Edinburgh

The fact that the French and German nationalised train industries have shares in the most profitable lines in Britain should speak for itself.

Geraldine Mitchell, Manchester

For people not for profit.

Owen Smithson, Hornsea

Long Overdue for changing, this nightmare called privatisation.

Christopher Connery, Birmingham

The current system just gives profits to private companies instead of the state.

Paul Sinclair, Baldock

Railways are the arteries of the country and should be run as a non profit-making organisation with cheaper fares and better investment. Too much money is leaking out.

Stewart Dean, Benfleet

Bring back a publicly-owned and run national rail service.

Greg Logan, Kirkcaldy

Re-nationalise! BBBR! F**k Virgin, First, Arriva, Stagecoach and the rest!

Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Worcester

Prices are too high.

Aaron Malcolm, Fife

I have wanted this for 27 years now.

Steven Feven-Parsons, Plymouth

Bring back British Rail.

Ashley Collier, Mansfield

Bring it on – if every commuter in the Southeast signed this then the government would have to listen.

Bruce Rose, Haywards Heath

The state of our railway system in the South West is the fault of successive governments. Please help fix it by campaigning to bring it back to public ownership.

Robert Rush, Okehampton

It’s a no-brainer.

Pauline Vernon, Weston-super-Mare

If only the amount of money wasted currently had been available to British Rail. We would truly have a world class railway.

John Walton, Kirkby Stephen

Vote Green to bring back British Rail.

Jon Matthews, Swanley

Bring back all of the rail network.

Kathleen Myers, Merseyside

Bring back British Rail. A unified railway is a good railway.

Jason Warner, Raunds

People before profits, and while we are at it let’s bring back gas, water and electricity too.

Daniel Leslie Leckenby, Cosby

The railways have been going downhill since the days of the dreaded Dr Beeching. Why should we be the only country that has to pay over the odds to travel by rail?

Rita Cocking, Plymouth

Rail travel should be cheaper than using the car, to encourage people to use the train instead. That’s why I support this campaign.

Amanda Law, Twyford

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

Mel Dickson, Hartlepool

Need to get our finger out. Going to need lots of electric railways in 20 years’ time when the oil runs out.

Andrew Macpherson, Glasgow

Bring back the blue and grey.

Gym Rotten, Dover

It’s ludicrous for public money to be handed to private shareholders through TOC subsidies.

Francesca Bennison, St Agnes

It should not be cheaper to drive than to travel by train.

Amy Stretch-Parker, Lytham St Annes

Privatised railways put profit before passengers. The result is unreliable, expensive services which are less safe. Public ownership is the only cure for this disaster.

Paul Harrop, Hull

They never should have been sold off any way.

Steven Thomas, Holyhead

The railway system is a mess. It is hard to book tickets at sensible prices, our local trains are full, in bad condition and uncomfortable while rural areas are neglected.

Cathrine Simmons, Great Torrington

If the rail service was re-nationalised it would be more reliable and cheaper, because it would not be running for private profit. I for one would use it again.

Kenneth Stirland, Middlesbrough